| Robert Cornelius [Robert B. Davidson, 1808-1876] 1840, May Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Cased photos - [P.9251] LL/50461 Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia broker and recording secretary of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. The society promoted black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality, and to dissolve the institution of slavery.
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